Wine Fraud, What to Do with Masa, J Gold Revisits the Derby

Hosted by Evan Kleiman May. 03, 2014 Food & Drink

We explore a riveting case of wine fraud, a masa master in Boyle Heights tells us how it's done and Jonathan Gold takes us to The Derby for bacon-wrapped steak.

Banner image: Guisados taco made with tortillas from Carnitas Uruapan

From this Episode:

Masa: How It's Made and How to Use It

Eddie de la Torre's store is Carnitas Uruapan in Boyle Heights. He provides the fresh masa for his brother's delicious tortillas at Guisado's, a taquería next door. He...

8 min

Vidalias Means Spring in the South

Spring in California means fava beans, peas, asparagus and artichokes. In the American South spring means Vidalia Onions. Kim Severson is the Atlanta Bureau Chief of the...

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Market Report

Robin Smith of Mud Creek Ranch says it's prime avocado season which is great for Cinco de Mayo parties. She has at least five varieties for sale at the Wednesday Santa...

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How the Other Half Ate

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Grapes of Wrath? The Biggest Wine Fraud Case in US History

Wine writer Michael Steinberger details the most notorious case of wine fraud in US history. Rudy Kurniawan sold millions of dollars worth of counterfeit wine between...

12 min

Three-Ingredient Meals and the Wines that Go with Them

Lou Amdur is the proprietor of Lou Wine & Provisions next door to Sqirl in Virgil Village. His forthcoming shop, Lou Wine Shop & Tastings, will be in Los Feliz Village....

7 min

Jonathan Gold Revisits The Derby

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he revisits The Derby , a restaurant that opened in 1922 in Arcadia intended to...

7 min